Wasn't sure if this should go in gaming or general, so feel free to do whatever if you please.
So as some of you are familiar, I have participated in the Extra Life event the past two years now (as I believe others have as well). For those of you who are not familiar, it's basically a 24-hour gaming event intended to raise money for local children's hospitals. 100% of the money raised goes directly to helping sick kids. It's a pretty fantastic cause, and every year I make it a point to try and outdo the previous one. As the video streaming format proved wildly successful in previous years (last year, my team managed to raise over $1000 total), we will be continuing that, but I would also like to go even further.
Before I get in to that, let me take a moment to shamelessly plug my donation page. While of course you are not required to donate, it does go to a great cause and every amount helps, no matter how small. Plus, your donation is tax deductible, and that's always a good thing!
Anyways, a few things I would like to bring to your attention. The event is October 20th, though its generally acceptable for people to participate the day before or even after due to life obligations. In fact, some people don't even chose to do straight 24 hour blocks, though that's always been the case for me in previous years. While I will be streaming the entirety of the event over Stickam, I would like to take the opportunity to extend things even further. As I would like this to be the biggest event yet, I am inviting any interested west coast JUL members to come out and hang with former Acmlm member Kirby Popstar and I during the event. Hell, I'll extend it to anyone, but since I am based in LA it might be easier for those on the west coast. I have plenty of space, and accommodations can be made for people to sleep, eat, etc. I figure half the fun of this event lies in the social aspect, and wanting this to be the biggest year yet, it would be awesome to get a big group of people to come and join in the fun! I'm posting this now so that people can be given a heads up, of course. If people need to come out a day earlier too I can also accommodate this.
Anyways, that's all I have to say for now. I'll try and post any updates related to this event, and if you haven't already I highly recommend participating in this great cause yourselves! |